Background

Mr. William E. Tige Savage is a Co-Founder, since 2005, Managing Director, and Executive Vice President at Revolution LLC. He co-founded the firm. Mr. Savage is a Managing Partner at Revolution Ventures and co-leads it. He was the President at Revolution Ventures. Mr. Savage Co-founded Revolution in 2005 and leads its growth equity deal-making and venture capital efforts and oversees all of its venture capital efforts and growth equity deal-making. From 2001 to 2003, ... Mr. Savage served as Corporate Vice President at Time Warner and a Senior Member at Time Warner Ventures, where his team invested in private companies innovating at the intersections of media and technology and led a team of investment professionals focused on equity investments in technology and next-generation media companies. Mr. Savage worked across the operating divisions, including AOL, HBO, Time Inc., Time Warner Cable, Turner, and Warner Bros, to identify investment opportunities and grow the financial and strategic value of the investment portfolio as a Member of Boards of his portfolio companies. He founded Riggs Capital Partners and served as its Executive Vice President from 1998 to 2000, where he was responsible for all the administrative functions of the fund. From 1990 to 1996, Mr. Savage served in a number of capacities at Riggs Bank including an Executive Vice president and Chief of Staff to the Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer. He began his career as a Credit Analyst at Riggs Bank. He also served as an Investment Banker at Dillon, Read & Co. Mr. Savage served as Vice President of Time Warner Ventures, where he led a team of investment professionals focused on equity investments in technology and next-generation media companies for AOL, HBO, Time Inc., Time Warner Cable, Turner, and Warner Bros. Mr. Savage serves as a Director of Booker Software, Inc. (GramercyOne Technology Corporation), OrderUp, LLC, Virtual Enterprises, Inc, Loose Cubes, Inc., Virtual Enterprises, Inc. (also known as Revolution Money), Clearspring Technologies, Inc., Personal, Inc., newBrandAnalytics, LivingSocial, Inc.. Mr. Savage serves on the boards of Revolution Money (American Express), UberMedia, Snagfilms Inc. He serves or served as a Director of Homesnap. He served as a Director of Allbritton Communications Co. since 1999. He served as Director of HelloWallet , Flexcar (Zipcar), PostUp, SparkPeople, AddThis, LLC, and Qloud (Buzznet). He served as Director of Communications Company since 1999. He has been a member of Alumni Board of Governors at University of Michigan's Ross School. He has been named as Washington, D.C.’s “Financier of the Year". He has over two decades of industry experience. Mr. Savage was named one of the Washington, District of Columbia area's 100 “Tech Titans”. He has an M.B.A. degree with highest distinction from the University of Michigan's Ross School of Business in 1998. He also holds B.B.A. degree from James Madison University in 1990.

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